All About London Olympics and Paralympics 2012
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Daddy
Hence the reason why a suggested a decade or more...it will be a major cultural change and will take considerable political will to have professional athleticism developed and respected here as a viable career option. It will have to occur in baby steps. But in the early years of some sports in other countries...such as golf in the US...there was very little prestige, status, or monetary reward in being a professional...but people still did it and enough became famous that it inspired others to follow their path. It took quite some time but it did happen. The sports scene here (and the arts scene) is still in its infancy, is quite underdeveloped, and has great potential over the long term.
I agree... Which SG parent would put their kids through the training regime that Feng TW is going through?Way2GO:
d missing ingredient here is one can't make a decent living out of being a professional athlete.
One can in d US n d other countries u mentioned.
How many parents in their right mind wld ask their kids to devote whole-heartedly to their chosen sport, knowing full well d kids will hv to sacrifice some of their time in educational pursuit in their formative years in a society driven by meritocracy in paper qualifications when there is no guarantee of making a decent living out of it?
And they conveniently says SG kids can't make it in international sports competitions thus the foreign imports...
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Doubt it will take only a decade or two for SG even when there is political will with infrastructure n systems in place.
We lack three other ingredients - tradition, overcoming inertia n a substantial domestic market.
US n d West has a long tradition in sports excellence as part of a holistic development of d individual. Not in d East for a long time.
Besides lack of tradition, overcoming centuries-old inertia of Chinese, Indian to make sports a viable career.
Look at India, d second most populated country in d world, but one which also has d worst Olympic medals to population ratio to date.
At least d Chinese r doing much better in dat respect ā though I suspect its more for national pride rather than pure luv of sports for its own sake.
Just like many African-Americans in American football, basketball, boxing etc who ride on sports to get out of poverty, many of d Chinese world class athletes r plucked fr relatively abject backgrounds n groomed fr young. Its their ticket to success.
d other obstacle is SG does not hv a big enuf domestic market to encourage strong corporate involvement. -
Japan beat Singapore in women's table tennis team. :sad:
Hope we can secure the bronze medal !
:please:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1218215/1/.html -
Usain Bolt breaks Olympic record in Men's 100m :salute:
He ran 9.63seconds ! :udaman:
http://www.inquisitr.com/293443/usain-bolt-breaks-olympi-record-in-mens-100/ -
fightingmom:
So they are likely to meet South Korea to compete for the bronze...Japan beat Singapore in women's table tennis team. :sad:
Hope we can secure the bronze medal ! :please:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1218215/1/.html -
fightingmom:
Even in a field of incredibly fast guys, he still managed to pull at least 1m away at the end!!Usain Bolt breaks Olympic record in Men's 100m :salute:
He ran 9.63seconds ! :udaman:
http://www.inquisitr.com/293443/usain-bolt-breaks-olympi-record-in-mens-100/
Surprised how small some of the sprinters are (vs Bolt)!!
Disappointed that Lee Chong Wei just couldn't outsmart LD at the end...so close!!
Also, Federer looked so lethargic and so many unforced errors!! -
ksi:
Yup! Agreed !
So they are likely to meet South Korea to compete for the bronze...fightingmom:
Japan beat Singapore in women's table tennis team. :sad:
Hope we can secure the bronze medal ! :please:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1218215/1/.html -
Way2GO:
Singapore can carve a niche as a regional sports venues -- it's trying anyway -- with F1 and the Youth Olympic Games (2010), and some regional professional golf tournaments. It could develop further, I think. China's government has a system in place much like the old Soviet Union, to specifically develop world class athletes. It is my understanding that promising talent is often hand-picked by officials for further development (when I was in the US, I worked with a woman from Shanghai who was selected in such a program). India doesn't produce much Olympic medal success...cricket is the big sport there and that doesn't lend itself to the format very well, unless they play abbreviated matches. Other sports like field hockey, golf, tennis, football don't seem to get as much national attention.Doubt it will take only a decade or two for SG even when there is political will with infrastructure n systems in place.
We lack three other ingredients - tradition, overcoming inertia n a substantial domestic market.
US n d West has a long tradition in sports excellence as part of a holistic development of d individual. Not in d East for a long time.
Besides lack of tradition, overcoming centuries-old inertia of Chinese, Indian to make sports a viable career.
Look at India, d second most populated country in d world, but one which also has d worst Olympic medals to population ratio to date.
At least d Chinese r doing much better in dat respect ā though I suspect its more for national pride rather than pure luv of sports for its own sake.
Just like many African-Americans in American football, basketball, boxing etc who ride on sports to get out of poverty, many of d Chinese world class athletes r plucked fr relatively abject backgrounds n groomed fr young. Its their ticket to success.
d other obstacle is SG does not hv a big enuf domestic market to encourage strong corporate involvement. -
Olympics boxing: Japan win appeal after controversial loss
2 August 2012, Last updated at 17:41 GMT
(source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19088420)
Japan have won an appeal after Satoshi Shimizu's controversial bantamweight defeat by Magomed Abdulhamidov, of Azerbaijan.
Shimizu has been declared the winner and goes forward to the quarter-finals.
He trailed 12-5 going into the final round but on five occasions he knocked down his opponent, who also received a two-point penalty.
However, judges scored the round 12-10 to Shimizu, which was not enough to stop Abdulhamidov claiming the win.
Referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov, from Turkmenistan, has been expelled the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said.
The AIBA said the contest should have been stopped.
\"I was shocked by the final scores. He fell down so many times,\" Shimizu said.
\"Why didn't I win? I don't understand.\"
No extra points are awarded for knockdowns but the verdict was still greeted with boos at London's ExCeL Arena.
Japanese officials marched to the competition office with the 500 US dollars needed to lodge an appeal.
Shimizu added: \"I did do my best. I performed really well. England is the place of boxing and the spectators supported me so well so I am very pleased about that.
\"This is a very memorable moment. I don't understand why the judgement went against me so I don't know how to improve.\"
There was more controversy in the heavyweight section when Iran's Ali Mazaheri was disqualified in the second round of his fight against Cuba's Jose Larduet Gomez after receiving three warnings for holding within a minute.
Mazaheri said: \"I have never seen such a thing in the world. I could have won the bout but I had three warnings in a minute. I was not doing anything wrong.\"
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Man, what a joke! Guys, you should take a look at this video:
http://deadspin.com/5931226/was-this-disgraceful-olympic-boxing-match-fixed
\"Japan's Satoshi Shimizu knocked down Azerbaijan's Magomed Abdulhamidov five times in the third and final round of their bantamweight bout yesterday. And yet, the judges scored the round in favor of the one who spent more time on the canvas than on his feet.\"
Instead of counting, the referee was asking the knocked down to get up! :rotflmao:
Medal isn't the most important, it is the Olympic Spirit!
:rotflmao: What a disgrace!
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